[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39434-39435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16831]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLUT980300-L12100000-PH0000-24-1A]


Notice of Utah's Resource Advisory Council (RAC)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Utah's Resource Advisory Council (RAC).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Utah RAC 
will meet as indicated below.

DATES: The Utah RAC will meet Thursday, August 4, 2011, (8:15 a.m.--5 
p.m.), South Ogden Park & Ride, and Friday, August 5, 2011, (8:30 
a.m.--3:30 p.m.) in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ADDRESSES: On August 4, the RAC will meet at the Park-N-Ride, Exit 405 
(South Weber Drive), from Highway 89 (South Ogden). The South Weber 
Park & Ride is the first right crossing Highway 89 on the north side of 
South Weber Drive. The RAC will meet on the north end of the parking 
lot. Directions and further information will be provided for the field 
tour of the Deseret Land and Livestock Allotment (Woodruff, Utah). On 
August 5, the business meeting will be held at the BLM's Utah State 
Office, 440 West 200 South, fifth floor Monument Conference Room, Salt 
Lake City, Utah.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherry Foot, Special Programs 
Coordinator, Utah State Office, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 
45155, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0155; phone (801) 539-4195.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member Council advises the Secretary 
of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, on a variety of 
planning and management issues associated with public land management 
in Utah. On August 4, planned agenda topics include a field tour of the 
Three Creeks Allotment on the Deseret Land and Livestock (DLL) in 
Woodruff, Utah. The RAC will view the long-term and annual benefits to 
wildlife, livestock water quality, and recreational opportunities of 
``time control'' grazing. A presentation on data collected from DLL 
from Open Range Consulting will also take place. For tour convenience 
and parking at the DLL, only the first four (4) vehicles to sign on for 
the field tour will be permitted to accompany the RAC. These vehicles

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should be 4-wheel drive and have heavy-duty tires due to the terrain. 
To sign on for the tour, contact Sherry Foot, Special Programs 
Coordinator, (801) 539-4195, no later than close of business July 25, 
201l.
    On August 5, a business meeting will be held to discuss the 
ecological, social, and economic values that can be created by the 
proposed grazing strategy (follow-up to the field tour); RAC voting in 
support of the Rich County Project subgroup report; RAC subgroup report 
on the draft BLM Utah Instruction Memorandum on the Statewide Travel 
Management Planning Policy; Air Quality status update; a conference 
call with BLM's Director Abbey on the RAC's involvement with the 
America's Great Outdoors Initiative; and, Grazing/Range monitoring 
guidelines and protocol. The conference call with Director Abbey will 
take place from 1-1:45 p.m. (Mountain Time). A half-hour public comment 
period, where the public may address the Council, is scheduled for 
August 5, from 2:45-3:15 p.m. Written comments may be sent to the 
Bureau of Land Management addressed listed above.
    All meetings are open to the public; however, transportation, 
lodging, and meals are the responsibility of the participating public.

    Dated: June 29, 2011.
    .
Juan Palma,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-16831 Filed 7-5-11; 8:45 am]
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